SynthesisAddiction (Abingdon, England)2026
Social cognition in Korsakoff's syndrome: A meta-analysis.
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BACKGROUND AND
aimsKorsakoff's syndrome is an alcohol-related neurocognitive disorder characterized by episodic memory impairments, apathy, confabulations and poor illness-insight. This meta-analysis aimed to estimate mean effect sizes of performance in social cognition in people with Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) compared with controls.
methodA systematic literature search was conducted in May 2024 to identify research articles that examined social cognition in patients with KS and control groups. Weighted effect sizes (Hedges' g) were calculated for the three levels of social cognition: emotion perception, social interpretation and socio-cognitive integration. There was no restriction on setting. Instruments examining emotion perception (facial emotion recognition and prosody), interpretation (mentalizing, self-awareness and empathy) and socio-cognitive integration (moral reasoning and social knowledge) were used in the included studies.
resultsThirteen studies (n = 622; 292 KS, 330 controls) showed that individuals with KS performed statistically significantly worse across all domains of social cognition compared with controls. Large effect sizes were found in emotion perception [g = -1.14, 95% confidence interval (CI) = -1.46 to -0.81), P < 0.001, I
conclusionsThis meta-analysis shows that people with Korsakoff's syndrome perform statistically significantly worse than controls on socio-cognitive measures, with the largest effect sizes in the perception and interpretation of social information.
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